The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Thursday that Ronald Bell has been sentenced to 33 months in prison plus three years of supervised release for leading an extortion scheme against Georgia Tech and its former men's basketball head coach, Josh Pastner.
A press release revealed information surrounding the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Huber. In addition, U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan provided more information on the matter in the statement:
"According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the charges and other information presented in court: Ronald Bell pleaded guilty to conspiring with his co-defendant, Jennifer Pendley, and a security guard at Georgia Tech, to extort the university by falsely accusing the coach of the men's basketball team of sexual assault.